I think its quite a simple word to define but as difficult to standardize as morality.

Lagom, as far as I understand having had it well explained to me means nothing more than 'not too good, not too bad, just right'. I think if you are Swedish and have grown up with this then you would have a better understanding of how to gauge the level that is lagom but I am sure it has changed over time and I am sure that one man's lagom is not another man's lagom. Lagom can be applied to many things - sugar in coffee, behavior, having a job, the size of your house, drinking ...'Lagom är bäst' - so they say. I quite like it as a concept although undoubtedly it is the cause of some of the spleen venting that occurs on these forums. Its pretty much 'everything in moderation, don't get too big for your boots, pull your socks up' all rolled into one word.

The point is to see if any of these soo experienced Swede basher actually know what they are talking about.

Let me give a hint.

You can choose between three bolied eggs, boiled to your liking. One egg comes with no salt, the second egg comes with a cup of salt on it and the third egg comes with a pinch of salt according to your liking. If you are a normal sane person, which egg would you pick?

It`s said that the word Lagom comes from the time of the Vikings. When a group of Vikings sat down to eat they had a horn of mead that was passed around between them. For the mead to be enough for everyone one had to drink with moderation. The horn should last around the whole table, or as it`s said in swedish "räcka laget om". Laget om becomes lagom. So Lagom means moderation. It`s a good word to live by, one should have balance in life and never live in extreme.

The point is to see if any of these soo experienced Swede basher actually know what they are talking about.Let me give a hint.You can choose between three bolied eggs, boiled
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The point is to see if any of these soo experienced Swede basher actually know what they are talking about.

Let me give a hint.

You can choose between three bolied eggs, boiled to your liking. One egg comes with no salt, the second egg comes with a cup of salt on it and the third egg comes with a pinch of salt according to your liking. If you are a normal sane person, which egg would you pick?
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So if you don´t know the meaning of "Lagom" lay of bashing the Swedes?

On the other hand if you have managed to understand and have had it explained to you around 10000 times by Swedes who are so proud they have a word that has no direct English translation then you can slag them off???

Or is it really to do with what eggs you should pick??

For the record I´d pick the one without salt...health reasons.

May I ask have you been at the Guinness over there on the emeralde isle by any chance??